GRADULO

Grade 6 Word Problems

Ontario Curriculum Aligned • Number Sense & Operations
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Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Show all your work in the space provided. Write your final answer on the answer line.
1.
A bakery made 240 cookies. They put them into boxes of 12 cookies each. How many boxes did they fill?
Show your work:
Answer: boxes
2.
Sarah bought 3 notebooks for $2.50 each and a pen for $1.75. If she paid with a $10 bill, how much change did she receive?
Show your work:
Answer: $
3.
A train travels at a speed of 75 kilometers per hour. How far will the train travel in 3.5 hours?
Show your work:
Answer: km
4.
Marcus has 3/4 of a pizza. He gives 1/3 of what he has to his sister. What fraction of the whole pizza does Marcus have left?
Show your work:
Answer: of the pizza
5.
A rectangular garden is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. If fencing costs $15 per meter, how much will it cost to fence the entire garden?
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Answer: $
6.
In a class of 32 students, 5/8 of them chose pizza for lunch. How many students chose pizza?
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Answer: students